Immanuel McElroy

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Basketball player
Immanuel McElroy
Player information
Nickname iMac
birthday March 25, 1980
place of birth Galveston , United States
size 194 cm
position Shooting Guard
college Cincinnati
Jersey number 23
Clubs as active
2000-2002 United StatesUnited StatesCincinnati Bearcats ( NCAA )
2002-2003 United StatesUnited States Grand Rapids Hoops ( CBA )
2003 United StatesUnited States Dodge City Legend ( USBL )
2003-2004 United StatesUnited States Gary Steelheads (CBA)
2004 United StatesUnited States Dodge City Legend (USBL)
2004-2008 GermanyGermany Cologne 99ers
2008-2011 GermanyGermany Alba Berlin
2011-2015 GermanyGermany Basketball Löwen Braunschweig
2015-2019 GermanyGermany Science City Jena

Immanuel McElroy (born March 25, 1980 in Galveston , Texas ) is an American basketball player . McElroy is 1.94 m tall and plays in the position of shooting guard , but can also use small forward or point guard .

Player career

McElroy comes from the US state of Texas and moved to Tyler Junior College after high school before playing for the team at the University of Cincinnati between 2000 and 2002. Then he dared the step into professionalism and played for two years in the US leagues CBA and USBL. In 2004 he decided to move overseas and accepted an offer from the German Bundesliga club RheinEnergie Köln.

In the seasons 2006/2007, 2007/2008, 2008/2009, 2009/2010 and 2010/2011 he was named Best Defender of the Basketball Bundesliga . McElroy won the German championship with Cologne in 2006 . In 2008 he was able to repeat this success with Alba Berlin. He also won the German Cup three times (2005, 2007, 2009) and was voted several times in the BBL Allstar Game. As the only Alba player McElroy was elected to the All- Eurocup First Team of the 2009/10 season, after he had advanced with Alba to the final of this competition. For the club this meant the greatest international success since winning the Korać Cup in 1995 and McElroy's best result in a European competition. After the 2009/10 season he extended his contract with Alba for another year.

For the 2011/2012 season he moved within the league to the New York Phantoms Braunschweig . There he received a contract until 2013 and ultimately stayed in Braunschweig until the end of the 2014/15 season. On the 14th matchday of the 2014/15 season, he took first place as the best template provider in the all-time Bundesliga best list. As a person, McElroy was described by companions as quiet and reserved, as a basketball player as altruistic, versatile and reliable, as a model professional and fighter.

For the 2015/16 season he moved to Science City Jena in the 2nd Bundesliga ProA and won the championship title with the team. After Jena's promotion he was also a top performer in the Bundesliga. After the team was relegated in 2019, his contract was not extended.

Achievements & Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Best Defensive Player ( Memento from July 19, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
  2. ↑ BBL-ALLSTAR-Game: Debutants vs. Experience ( memento from July 19, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ), December 19, 2008
  3. ↑ 2009-10 All-Eurocup first, second teams announced
  4. ↑ McElroy stays in Berlin
  5. ↑ Ute Berndt: The best template provider in Bundesliga history . In: Ute Berndt, Henning Brand, Ingo Hoffmann, Christoph Matthies (eds.): Dunke-Schön. 25 years of the 1st Bundesliga basketball team in Braunschweig . Klartext Verlag, 2015, ISBN 978-3-8375-1505-3 , p. 317-321 .
  6. ↑ 2. Basketball Bundesliga | ProA Champion 2015/16: Science City Jena. In: www.zweite-basketball-bundesliga.de. Retrieved May 20, 2016 .
  7. ↑ Telekom Baskets against Science City Jena - Beware of older men . In: General-Anzeiger Bonn . October 29, 2016 ( general-anzeiger-bonn.de [accessed November 16, 2016]).
  8. ^ Science City Jena says goodbye to BBL legends. In: jenaer-nachrichten.de. August 5, 2019, accessed October 10, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME McElroy, Immanuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH March 25, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Galveston , Texas , United States